Investments in manufacturing industry*(2000=100)• According to non-financial investment statistics

Investment dynamics and structure of manufacturing industry (%)

Increment rate

Structure

Average2001-2005

2005*

2006*.y.1.quarter

Average2001-2005

2005*

2006*.y.1.quarter

Food industry

18,3

22,1

17,1

28,7

20,0

27,4

Light industry

-11,0

-40,3

22,2

6,8

3,7

7,5

Woodworking

20,8

77,0

58,6

28,4

42,0

18,2

Paper manufactureand publishing

2,7

-16,9

24,1

6,9

4,3

11,3

Chemical industryand the related industries

20,7

-14,8

35,5

6,2

2,8

8,6

Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral articles

62,8

146,0

71,1

5,2

10,1

3,4

Metals and metalworking

40,7

83,3

-8,5

6,7

9,0

8,6

Machine and equipment manufacture

33,8

83,1

-17,4

6,8

5,1

7,2

Other industries

21,7

-14,6

-38,8

4,2

3,0

7,8

* estimated according to the quarterly data

Area of the territories of statistical regions of Latvia, number of inhabitants anddensity of population in the beginning of the year 2006

Area (% of national territory)

Number of inhabitants (% of total)

Number of inhabitantsper 1 km2

Riga

0,5

31,7

2 368,4

Riga area

15,7

16,1

36,4

Vidzeme

23,6

10,6

15,9

Kurzeme

21,1

13,4

22,7

Zemgale

16,6

12,5

26,7

Latgale

22,5

15,7

24,7

Gross domestic product* in statistical regions in 2003

Territory

GDP, actual prices

GDP per 1 person

total,thousands of lats

% of totalamount

lats

%, to normalvalue in the

Latvia

6 392 778

100

2 749

100

int.al.:

Riga

3 589 535

56,1

4 869

177

Riga area

645 362

10,1

1 786

65

Vidzeme

410 760

6,4

1 646

60

Kurzeme

758 429

11,9

2 412

88

Zemgale

457 537

7,2

1 574

57

Latgale

527 489

8,3

1 418

52

Produced outside Latvia

3 667

0,1

x

x

* Total value added (KPV) and gross domestic product (GDP) data of the year 2003 calculated according to the requirements of European Commission Regulation No 1889/2002 regarding the implicitly estimated services of financial mediation (FISIM), not comparable to the data published in previous reports.

Specific weight of the most significant industries in total value added * in 2003